George C. Thomas III has published four scholarly books and more than 60
articles on various aspects of criminal law and criminal procedure and
has been quoted as an expert on criminal law in many media outlets. He
teaches Criminal Law, Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Law and Literature, and seminars on various criminal law topics.
Professor Thomas has a B.S. from the University of Tennessee, an
M.F.A. (creative writing) and J.D. from the University of Iowa, and an
LL.M. and J.S.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to
joining the Rutgers faculty in 1986, he practiced law in Tennessee and
was a member of the University of Tennessee faculty.
Professor Thomas enjoys gardening, jogging, reading fiction, and working on novels that he never finishes.
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